Manual & SyntaksGolden Sun

Manual & Syntaks are Jonas Munk and Jakob Skott, respectively. Theyve worked together with others under the name Limp, with tracks on the Morr Music label. If youve enjoyed previous Morr releases, like the Slowdive-inspired Blue Skied an Clear compilation, Golden Sun is something that youd find equally appealing, but with a bit less variety and no vocals. This album sounds much like the tracks theyve done for Morr, mixing together acoustic and electric guitars, skittering drums, light synth melodies and glitches. Its a combination they pull off well, using these elements to varying extents in different tracks. Most of the songs are relaxed, its not a hectic or rushed album. Some depend on loops, while others have many ideas. Some of the better tracks are the melodic, hip-hop influenced opener "Eudaimonia, "Sal Paradise, with its glitches, flute-like melody and chopped vocal snatches, "Adinava, for working a strange female vocal loop to death yet still keeping it interesting, and the somehow gentle-but-glitchy "Sunset Rider.
(Darla)